Encyclopedia of The Bible – Shemariah
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Shemariah

SHEMARIAH shĕm’ ə rī’ ə (שְׁמַרְיָ֔הוּ, שְׁמַרְיָהוּ; Jehovah has kept). 1. A Benjaminite warrior who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chron 12:5).

2. A son of Rehoboam (2 Chron 11:19).

3. A son of Harim who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra (Ezra 10:32).

4. A son of Binnui who put away his foreign wife in Ezra’s time (Ezra 10:41).